9-letter words containing c, h, o, n
- monarchal — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.
- monarchic — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monochord — an acoustical instrument dating from antiquity, consisting of an oblong wooden sounding box, usually with a single string, used for the mathematical determination of musical intervals.
- monomachy — (now rare) A fight or other contest between two people or forces; a duel; single combat. (from 16th c.).
- monopitch — having only one slope or a slope with a regular gradient
- monorchid — having or appearing to have only one testis.
- monostich — a poem or epigram consisting of a single metrical line.
- monotroch — a one-wheeled means of transportation, such as a wheelbarrow
- moonchild — a person born under the zodiacal sign of Cancer.
- morphinic — of, pertaining to, or resembling morphine
- munch out — to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- neogothic — of, relating to, or designating chiefly a style of architecture in which gothic motifs and forms are imitated.
- neolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- nicholson — Ben, 1894–1982, British abstract painter.
- nictheroy — Niterói.
- nonchurch — not associated with the Christian church
- nonethnic — not of or associated with any particular ethnic background or group: some of the best nonethnic cooking in town.
- nonheroic — Not heroic.
- nonrhotic — denoting or speaking a dialect of English in which preconsonantal rs are not pronounced
- nonschool — not relating to school
- nonspeech — absence of speech; silence, muteness
- northwich — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: salt and chemical industries. Pop: 39 568 (2001)
- notchback — a style of back for an automobile in which there is a sharp vertical drop-off from the roof line to the trunk.
- notochord — a rodlike cord of cells that forms the chief axial supporting structure of the body of the lower chordates, as amphioxus and the cyclostomes, and of the embryos of the vertebrates.
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- octothorn — Alternative form of octothorpe, the symbol #.
- oenanthic — having a smell that is similar to wine
- offenbach — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1819–80, French composer.
- outlaunch — to send out
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- percheron — one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.
- pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- phenocopy — the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- phycocyan — a type of blue pigment or protein which is found in some algae